# Takanori Katagiri

> Takanori Katagiri is a seed investor at pixiv (Tokyo) backing SNS, SaaS and Billing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [pixiv](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pixiv-inc)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/tarbrick

Takanori Katagiri is a seed investor at pixiv in Tokyo focused on SNS and SaaS. Takanori Katagiri is the CEO at Pixiv Technologies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SNS | 1 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Billing | 1 | 50% |
| Content | 1 | 50% |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| alu Japan | alu is providing service to enjoy more manga. | $27.7M | Seed | Jun 11, 2019 |  |
| Alp | Alp is a customer management and recurring billing system for all of subscription business. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ABBALab - Atom to Bit, Bit to Atom](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abbalab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PKSHA SPARX Algorithm Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pksha-sparx-algorithm-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About pixiv

VC Fund



1 contacts available at pixiv.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Takanori Katagiri | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takeshi-katagiri |

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## FAQ

### What does Takanori Katagiri invest in?

Takanori Katagiri invests primarily in SNS, SaaS and Billing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Takanori Katagiri last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Takanori Katagiri closed in Jun 2019. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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